Recommendations
are the mean estimates of analysts who follow the company

Strong
buy

Buy

N.A

Underperform

Sell

Hold

Market
cap.
$ million

Forcast
2000
EPS, $

Forcast
2000
P/E

Forcast
2001
EPS, $

Forcast
2001
P/E

1

HSBC
HOLDINGS (Hong Kong)

128,117

0.81

17

0.88

16

2

BANK
OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI (Japan)

60,851

0.22

59

0.31

42

3

SUMITOMO
BANK (Japan)

40,616

0.32

40

0.43

30

4

SAKURA
BANK (Japan)

30,918

0.21

35

0.28

27

5

SANWA
BANK (Japan)

28,089

0.32

30

0.44

22

6

FUJI
BANK (Japan)

26,732

0.21

36

0.35

22

7

DAIICHI
KANGYO (Japan)

24,032

0.25

31

0.34

22

8

NATIONAL
AUSTRALIA BANK

22,647

1.16

13

1.29

12

9

COMMONWEALTH
BANK OF AUSTRALIA

21,442

1.07

16

1.12

15

10

HANG
SENG BANK (Hong Kong)

20,835

0.68

16

0.73

15

11

INDUSTRIAL
BANK OF JAPAN

20,439

0.24

32

0.28

27

12

DBS
GROUP HOLDINGS (Singapore)

15,267

0.63

20

0.71

18

13

WESTPAC
BANKING (Australia)

13,390

0.51

15

0.57

13

14

ANZ
BANKING (New Zealand)

11,573

0.59

13

0.65

12

15

AUSTRALIA
& NZ BANKING (Australia)

11,537

0.59

13

0.65

12

16

ASAHI
BANK (Japan)

11,342

0.11

37

0.17

23

17

TOKAI
BANK (Japan)

11,028

0.20

24

0.29

17

18

MITSUBISHI
TRUST & BANKING (Japan)

10,511

0.30

27

0.38

21

19

SUMITOMO
TRUST BANKING (Japan)

10,267

0.35

20

0.37

19

20

OVERSEAS-CHINESE
BANKING (Singapore)

9,264

0.41

18

0.47

15

21

UNITED
OVERSEAS BANK (Singapore)

8,991

0.48

17

0.56

15

Strong
buy

Buy

N.A

Underperform

Sell

Hold

Market
cap.
$ million

Forcast
2000
EPS, $

Forcast
2000
P/E

Forcast
2001
EPS, $

Forcast
2001
P/E

22

MALAYAN
BANKING (Malaysia)

8,859

0.21

18

0.25

15

23

SHIZUOKA
BANK (Japan)

6,869

0.25

35

0.34

25

24

YOKOHAMA
BANK (Japan)

5,331

0.22

21

0.25

18

25

OVERSEAS
UNION BANK (Singapore)

4,963

0.34

15

0.39

13

26

DAIWA
BANK (Japan)

4,926

0.12

20

0.15

16

27

FUKUOKA
BANK (Japan)

4,125

0.18

37

0.30

21

28

SURUGA
BANK (Japan)

4,031

0.40

37

0.47

32

29

KOOKMIN
BANK (South Korea)

3,832

1.60

8

2.18

6

30

KRUNG
THAI BANK (Thailand)

3,697

0.02

14

0.02

21

31

DAO
HENG BANK GROUP (Hong Kong)

3,498

0.31

16

0.36

14

32

YASUDA
TRUST & BANKING (Japan)

3,447

0.08

14

0.06

19

33

JOYO
BANK (Japan)

3,280

0.12

30

0.17

21

34

TOYO
TRUST & BANK (Japan)

3,242

0.25

14

0.33

11

35

HACHIJUNI
BANK (Japan)

3,236

0.23

25

0.29

19

36

BANK
OF EAST ASIA (Hong Kong)

3,235

0.19

13

0.21

11

37

CHIBA
BANK (Japan)

3,205

0.31

13

0.41

10

38

UNITED
WORLD CHINESE COMMERCIAL BANK (Taiwan)

3,179

0.07

13

0.08

12

39

SEVENTY-SEVEN
BANK (Japan)

3,176

0.35

23

0.53

16

40

COMMERCE
ASSET HOLDINGS (Malaysia)

3,090

0.15

17

0.19

14

41

FIRST
COMMERCIAL BANK (Taiwan)

3,067

0.05

17

0.05

17

42

ST
GEORGE BANK (Australia)

3,019

0.37

18

0.42

16

43

HUA
NAN BANK (Taiwan)

2,900

0.05

18

0.05

18

Strong
buy

Buy

N.A

Underperform

Sell

Hold

Market
cap.
$ million

Forcast
2000
EPS, $

Forcast
2000
P/E

Forcast
2001
EPS, $

Forcast
2001
P/E

44

GUNMA
BANK (Japan)

2,788

0.23

23

0.27

20

45

MACQUARIE
BANK (Australia)

2,778

0.72

22

0.80

20

46

SHINHAN
BANK (South Korea)

2,661

1.33

8

1.77

6

47

H
& CB KOREA

2,575

3.99

6

5.07

5

48

INTERNATIONAL
COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA (Taiwan)

2,490

0.06

14

0.07

12

49

CHIAO
TUNG BANK (Taiwan)

2,411

0.10

10

0.08

12

50

HIROSHIMA
BANK (Japan)

2,329

0.14

27

0.19

20

51

STATE
BANK OF INDIA

2,297

0.87

5

1.08

4

52

PUBLIC
BANK (Malaysia)

2,156

0.08

12

0.08

11

53

CHANG
HWA BANK (Taiwan)

2,088

0.04

17

0.04

16

54

KEPPEL
TATLEE BANK (Singapore)

2,047

0.15

12

0.17

11

55

IYO
BANK (Japan)

2,007

0.25

25

N.A.

N.A.

56

BANK
OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS

1,987

0.08

19

0.11

13

57

HYAKUJUSHI
BANK (Japan)

1,924

0.15

40

N.A.

N.A.

58

NISHI-NIPPON
BANK (Japan)

1,920

0.13

31

0.17

24

59

RHB
CAPITAL BERHAD (Malaysia)

1,861

0.06

17

0.08

13

60

CHUGOKU
BANK (Japan)

1,801

0.26

34

0.69

13

61

CHO
HUNG BANK (South Korea)

1,783

0.24

12

0.40

7

62

NORTH
PACIFIC BANK (Japan)

1,770

0.31

19

0.34

18

63

HANVIT
BANK (South Korea)

1,699

0.36

5

0.64

3

64

SUNCORP-METWAY
(Australia)

1,660

0.37

14

0.40

13

65

JUROKU
BANK (Japan)

1,638

0.10

44

N.A.

N.A.

66

BANK
OF KYOTO (Japan)

1,634

0.25

20

N.A.

N.A.

Strong
buy

Buy

N.A

Underperform

Sell

Hold

Market
cap.
$ million

Forcast
2000
EPS, $

Forcast
2000
P/E

Forcast
2001
EPS, $

Forcast
2001
P/E

67

OGAKI
KYORITSU BANK (Japan)

1,577

0.13

42

N.A.

N.A.

68

HOKURIKU
BANK (Japan)

1,561

0.09

25

N.A.

N.A.

69

BANGKOK
BANK (Thailand)

1,526

-0.26



0.15

7

70

HOKKOKU
BANK (Japan)

1,524

0.02

204

N.A.

N.A.

71

DAISHI
BANK (Japan)

1,505

0.18

21

0.32

12

72

GLOBAL
TRUST BANK (India)

1,492

0.27

5

0.35

4

73

THAI
FARMERS BANK

1,440

0.04

17

0.08

8

74

THE
KINKI OSAKA BANK (Japan)

1,378

0.07

29

N.A.

N.A.

75

TAIWAN
BUSINESS BANK

1,377

0.06

9

N.A.

N.A.

76

TAIPEI
BANK

1,340

0.07

9

0.09

8

77

YAMAGUCHI
BANK (Japan)

1,309

0.33

20

0.30

22

78

SHIKOKU
BANK (Japan)

1,289

0.15

40

N.A.

N.A.

79

HDFC
BANK (India)

1,251

0.19

28

0.27

19

80

FUKUOKA
CITY BANK (Japan)

1,230

0.19

24

0.22

20

81

NANTO
BANK (Japan)

1,226

0.07

66

N.A.

N.A.

82

ASHIKAGA
BANK LIMITED (Japan)

1,223

0.21

9

0.30

7

83

METROPOLITAN
BANK AND TRUST (Philippines)

1,217

0.25

15

0.31

12

84

BANK
OF NAGOYA (Japan)

1,211

0.17

36

0.09

64

85

AWA
BANK (Japan)

1,162

0.14

33

N.A.

N.A.

86

BANK
OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA

1,125

0.16

14

0.17

13

87

TAISHIN
INTERNATIONAL BANK (Taiwan)

1,104

0.05

11

0.06

9

88

SHIGA
BANK (Japan)

1,091

0.19

24

0.29

16

Strong
buy

Buy

N.A

Underperform

Sell

Hold

Market
cap.
$ million

Forcast
2000
EPS, $

Forcast
2000
P/E

Forcast
2001
EPS, $

Forcast
2001
P/E

89

MUSASHINO
BANK (Japan)

1,086

1.24

32

N.A.

N.A.

90

HYAKUGO
BANK (Japan)

1,080

0.21

19

N.A.

N.A.

91

HIGASHI-NIPPON
BANK (Japan)

1,067

0.06

95

N.A.

N.A.

92

GUOCO
GROUP (Hong Kong)

1,061

0.39

6

0.49

5

93

EQUITABLE
PCIBANK (Philippines)

1,024

0.06

25

0.08

18

94

WING
HANG BANK (Hong Kong)

1,001

0.40

9

0.46

7

95

MICHINOKU
BANK (Japan)

997

0.31

21

N.A.

N.A.

96

HIGO
BANK (Japan)

994

0.15

25

0.24

16

97

TOKYO
TOMIN BANK (Japan)

964

0.63

49

1.71

18

98

KOREA
EXCHANGE BANK

961

0.36

6

0.67

3

99

YAMAGATA
BANK (Japan)

948

0.19

28

N.A.

N.A.

100

SAN-IN
GODO BANK (Japan)

946

0.34

16

N.A.

N.A.

The
lists was drawn from a universe of 242 banking stocks across
Asia. Prices as of Aug. 28. Forcast earnings per share, price-earnings
ration and recommendations are the mean estimates of analysts
who follow the company. Sources: I/B/E/S